We'll known if the NX is an eighth or ninth gen console as soon as the NX2 comes out. If the NX2 comes out just in time to face the PS5 and XB2, then I would honestly just consider NX an 8.5 gen console.I doubt the NX will be powerful enough to face off against the PS5 anyway.

Long story short, too early to tell, but probably an 8.5 gen console.

It's 100% a 9th gen console. Nintendo will be kickstarting the 9th gen, just like they did with 8th gen. Generations are not defined by power, they are defined by release. The cycle continues.

Whoever votes 8th gen does NOT know how to count. Go back to school. It's a NEW NINTENDO CONSOLE. It's 9th. Wii U has been out for 4 years, it'll be 5-6 when NX comes out. Wii arrived in 2006, Wii U in 2012. It's about right. Most generations are 5-6 years. Unlike NEO, NX is confirmed to be a totally new concept so it's 9th, final answer.

8.5? Idk it's weird.

How is this even a question or a topic up for debate? It's a 9th generation console.

It's up for debate because if Nintendo were to release NX2 (or whatever) right around the time of the PS5 and XB2, would Nintendo just be a generation ahead of the competition?

It's going to be generationless, like PC. It's not gen 8 or gen 9. It's just a platform that transcends the antiquated console generation model that is already dying out. There's no reason for it anymore.

It's an 8th gen console since Nintendo's other competitor, Microsoft hasn't yet succeeded it's current console cycle and neither is Sony opting in on a new console cycle either when the PS4K is just another SKU ...

In additon to this, we don't know the capabilites of NX so in terms of the console as a machine, we still don't know if it'll be 9th gen or not. We know literally nothing about it. The fact that we know nothing about it only allows us to speculate if it'll be 9th gen. You just can't change to rules to play your game. Using Atari is a cheap shot. They didn't know what the heck they were doing and that's why they failed as early as they did. The 2600 usually represents the entire Atari generation. When people talk about Atari, they are usually referring to the 2600. Not the wack job Atari 2700 (yes it did exist), or 54 or any other multiple or 26. If Sony and MS come out with new consoles it'll be 9th gen because they are new consoles the same way NX is a totally new console. NX will most likely be around when PS5 or XB2 is around.

That being said, who says Nintendo has to follow the progression of game generations anyhow? I mean, it's traditional to do so. It's nice. But I don't see Nintendo following the same things they've done with themselves in the past. They're not afraid to diverge from the norm. It may bite them in the butt but I think they realize the importance of creating new experiences over sticking it out until everyone else is in talks about a successor.